Midrid Migraine Relief Capsules Midrid Migraine Relief Capsules

Do not take Migraine Relief if you have or have had:

• • an allergic reaction to paracetamol, isometheptene mucate or any of the ingredients
• • severe problems with your kidneys, liver or heart
• • severe high blood pressure
• • glaucoma (increased pressure inside the eye)
• • medicines for depression, known as Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOls) within the last 14 days
• • porphyria - genetic blood disorder

Take special care with Migraine Relief and tell your doctor if you suffer with:

• • diabetes
• • cardiovascular diseases
• • an overactive thyroid
• • spinal cord injury
• • liver damage caused by alcoholism
• • an eating disorder

Taking other medicines

Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.

You must tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following medicines:

• • medicines used to thin the blood such as warfarin
• • medicines to treat high blood pressure
• • cardiac glycosides such as digoxin used to treat heart failure and irregular heart beats or heart rhythm
• • quinidine which may be used to treat heart or blood problems
• • colestyramine to treat hyperlipidaemia (high levels of fats in the blood, for example, cholesterol)
• • medicines to treat the symptoms of depression such as tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors
• • metoclopramide or domperidone to treat nausea and vomiting
• • bromocriptine to treat Parkinson's disease
• • chloramphenicol which is used to treat bacterial infections
• • long term use of carbamazepine, phenobarbitone, phenytoin and primidone (for epilepsy), rifampicin (an antibiotic), St John's Wort (for depression) or other medicines that affect liver enzymes. These medicines may increase the chance of liver damage in case of paracetamol overdose
• • another migraine medicine.

Taking Migraine Relief with food and drink

You should avoid alcohol on the same day that you take Migraine Relief.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding

Do not take this medication:

• • if you are pregnant or might be pregnant
• • if you are breast-feeding
• • in the first few weeks after childbirth.

Driving and operating machinery

No information available regarding the effect of this medication on your ability to drive or use machinery. You must not drive if you feel tired or drowsy.

Important information about some of the ingredients in Migraine Relief

Migraine Relief contains paracetamol. Do not take any other medicine containing paracetamol on the same day that you take Migraine Relief

Some people may have side-effects when taking this medicine.

If you experience any of the following side effects contact your doctor or pharmacist immediately:

• you may get a rash or similar allergic reaction if you are allergic to paracetamol
• dizziness
• tingling/cold fingers or toes
If you notice any of the following side effects speak to your doctor or pharmacist

Blood related problems are extremely rare but may result in:

• bruising
• blue tinge to skin
• dizziness
• tiredness
• problems breathing
• severe sore throat.

Reporting of side effects

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

Always take Migraine Relief exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Adults

If you have any signs that you are going to get a migraine, take the initial dose of Migraine Relief as soon as you get these warning signs. You may be able to prevent it getting to the headache stage.

Swallow two capsules of Migraine Relief with a drink of water as soon as you know you are getting a migraine. If you still have your migraine an hour later, take another capsule. Continue taking a capsule every hour until your migraine has gone, up to a maximum of five capsules in 12 hours.

If you still have a migraine 12 hours after you started taking Migraine Relief, you can take one more course of treatment. That is, two capsules to start with followed by one capsule every hour, if needed, up to a maximum of five capsules.

After this, you should ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice.

Remember, you must not take more than five capsules in 12 hours.

Children

Migraine Relief is not recommended for use in children.

If you take more Migraine Relief than you should.

If you take more than the correct number of capsules (an overdose) it is very important that you go to the nearest casualty department immediately, even if you feel well because of the risk of delayed serious liver damage. Take the carton of Migraine Relief with you even if it is empty.

Remember, you must not take more than five capsules in 12 hours.

If you forget to take Migraine Relief

If you still have a migraine and you forget to take a capsule at the correct time (i.e. later than one hour after the previous dose), take it as soon as you remember. You must then wait another hour before taking a further dose, if your migraine has not gone. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose

Each capsule contains: 325mg paracetamol and 65mg isometheptene mucate. Migraine Relief also contains microcrystalline cellulose, talc and colloidal silicon dioxide.

The capsule shell contains: gelatin, water, titanium dioxide (E171), erythrosine (E127), quinoline yellow (E104), indigotine (E132) and a very small amount of printing ink.